Hon’ble
Deputy Speaker, I don’t want to cite again what had happened in Noakhali and
Tipperah, because a lot have been discussed and deliberated upon these
incidents in the House. However, I want to express my sincerest grief about the
oppression of women in Noakhali.
I
haven’t come to talk about communal or sectarian partisanship. I have always
worked for Congress and talked against the British imperialism. I have no
inclination to create division among our countrymen. We always struggled against
British imperialism and now we are witnessing how we are fighting within
ourselves which is a matter of indefinite shame. The women are always the true
representative of human kindness. They showered their affection and kindness
upon everyone, irrespective of religion or caste. Today, the women are the
worst sufferers. Today, in Bengal, we are resorting to communal violence. The
Hindus and the Muslims raising fingers against each other.
Consequently,
our Bengal is witnessing a downslide. Carnage in the name of religion is the
death of humanism: I wish to draw everyone’s attention to that. I visited many
relief camps in Noakhali and Tipperah to get to know more about the sufferings
of women. It is a matter of great regret that nowadays we often try to cover up
communal strife or violence; but a covered up wound like this can destroy the
whole national fabric of our country. At Noakhali and Tipperah many women were
abducted and made to undergo the crudest form of torture and the number of
these oppressed women is kept under the wraps. Some people are trying to
conceal the truth. We should try to rectify our ways. I have visited many home
of the Hindus and Muslims.
No
righteous Hindu or Muslim will tolerate the inhuman torture upon women. In our
culture, we always repect the women as the ‘mothers’ – full of the milk of
human kindness. At Noakhali (which is my birthplace) the Hindus and the
minorities are living for ages and generations together. So, what has happened
all of a sudden that resulted in such inhuman acts? We should not deny the
truth. Those who are trying to gloss over the whole issue or to overlook the
incident are actually going against human values and running through a path of
self-destruction. People of all religions and communities should join hands
together to put an end to what had happened in Noakhali and Tipperah and should
try to bring perpetrators to justice.
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